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...Justices brushed aside the effort of Massachusetts to bring the suit directly before them. The court majority apparently was swayed by Government arguments that Massachusetts lacked standing to bring suit on behalf of its citizens and that the issues involved too many potential political repercussions. In a passionate dissent, Justice William Douglas assailed the notion that the question was too political for the court to handle. Said Douglas: "The question of an unconstitutional war is neither academic nor 'political...
...might be wrong to glorify the late Sukarno regime and assume that the new government is the root of all evil in present-day Indonesia. Sukarno, too, imprisoned political enemies, though his attitude toward dissent never approached the intolerance or brutality of the present leadership. And Sukarno's economic policies were disjointed, self-centered, and in many areas non-existent. The new regime has succeeded in completely stopping an 800 per cent annual inflation and in formulating a centralized, functioning economic structure. Several Indonesian students at Harvard have said that they feel their country is now better off materially than...
Justice William O. Douglas, in dissent, said the Court should not have deferred to the White House and to Congress but should have carried out its duty to interpret the Constitution...
...outweighs the punishment imposed on Ryan and whatever legal injustices which that punishment may have involved. Its greater importance lies in the effect it will have on those who find it necessary and justified to challenge Harvard's political commitments in a manner that exceeds the limits of "acceptable" dissent...
...that Nixon's attempt to blame economic troubles on the Democrats will succeed. Johnsonian fiscal programs produced inflation, but it is the Republican antidote, however necessary, that has cut profits and jobs. Therefore the key to the campaign is whether voters have been aroused enough over violence and dissent to put aside their unhappiness over pocketbook issues. The President has banked on that. The powerful campaign mounted by Nixon and Agnew has succeeded at least to the extent of keeping the Democrats on the defensive...